A Poem of Hunting, by Gratius the Faliscian. Englished and Illustrated
by Christopher Wase, Gent. London, 1654.
[Sidenote: +iii.+ Arrianus.]
Arrianus De Venatione, ex interpretatione L. Holstenii. Paris,
+mdcxliv.+
Arriani Tactica, Peripli, Cynegeticus, et Epicteti Stoici Euchiridion,
ex Recensione Nicolai Blancardi. Amstelodami, 1683.
[433]ΑΡΡΙΑΝΟΥ ΤΑ ΣΩΖΟΜΕΝΑ κ. τ. λ. Ἐπεξεργασθέντα καὶ Ἐκδοθέντα ὑπὸ
ΝΕΟΦΥΤΟΥ ΔΟΥΚΑ εἰς τόμους ἑπτά. ΕΝ ΒΙΕΝΝΗι ΤΗΣ ΑΟΥΣΤΡΙΑΣ, 1809.
Xenophontis Opuscula Politica, &c. cum Arriani Libello de Venatione.
_J. G. Schneider. Oxonii_, +mdcccxvii.+
[Sidenote: +iv.+ Pollux.]
Julii Pollucis Onomasticum. Hemsterhuis. Amst. +mdccvi.+ The fifth
book, addressed to the Emperor Commodus, affords much valuable
information on the technicalities of classical venation.
[Sidenote: +v.+ Oppianus.]
Oppiani Poetæ Cilicis De Venatione Lib. +iiii.+ &c. Conrad.
Rittershusii. Lugduni Batav. +mdxcv.+
Oppiani Poetæ Cilicis De Venatione Libri +iv.+ &c. _Joh. Gottlob
Schneider. Argentorati_, +mdcclxxvi.+
Oppiani Poema De Venatione, &c. Jac. Nic. Belin De Ballu. Argentor.
1786.
J. Brodæi Turonensis Annotationes in Oppiani Cyneg. L. +iiii.+ &c.
Basileæ. +mdlii.+
Oppiani De Venatione Libri +iiii.+ Joan. Bodino interprete, &c.
Lutetiæ, +mdlv.+
* The First Book of Oppian’s Cynegetics translated into English Verse,
&c. by John Mawer, A.M. London, 1736.
[Sidenote: +vi.+ Nemesianus.]
M. Aurelii Olympii Nemesiani Cynegeticôn Lib. +i.+ Aldus, +mdxxxiiii.+
(The same Aldine volume as before referred to, entitled Poetæ tres
egregii, &c.) Nemesian also occurs in the collections of Poetæ Venatici
of Feyerabendius, Johnson, _Kempher_, and Wernsdorf.
[Sidenote: +vii.+ Demetrius.]
ΚΥΝΟϹΟΦΙΟΝ. Liber De Curâ Canum. This work of Demetrius of
Constantinople, written about A.D. 1270, was first published by
Aurifaber. Wittembergæ, +mdxlv.+ The author’s editions are those of
_Rigaltius_ in the Rei Accipitrariæ Scriptores. _Lutetiæ._ +mdcxii.+
and of Johnson, attached to his Latin Poets of the Chace. Londini,
+mdcxcix.+
[Sidenote: +viii.+ =Guillame Twici.=]
* =Le Art de Venerie le quel Maistre Guillame Twici Venour le Roy
d’Angleterre fist en son temps per aprandre autres.= This Ms. is
reported by the Historian of English Poetry, Vol. +ii.+ p. 221. note
m. to have been formerly among the Mss. of Mr. Fermor, of Tusmore in
Oxfordshire.
[Sidenote: =Gyfford and Twety.=]
=The Craft of Hontyng of Mayster John Gyfford and Willm Twety that were
with King Edward the Secunde.= It is also denominated =Le Venery de
Twety and of Maystr John Giffarde=. Ms. Cotton. Vespas. B. +xii.+ The
French work is unknown to the writer: but of =The Craft of Hontyng= a
faithful transcript is in his possession.
[Sidenote: +ix.+ Gaston Phebus.]
* Des Deduitz de la Chasse de Bestes Sauvaiges et des Oyseaux de Proye.
The celebrated work of Gaston Phebus, Comte de Foix, and Vicomte de
Bearn, written about the year 1347; first printed by Anthoine Verard;
secondly, by Jehan Treperel; and, subsequently, by Philippe Le Noir,
under the title of Le Miroye de Phebus. The author has no copy of this
work.
[Sidenote: +x.+ =Edmund de Langley.=]
=The Book of Huntyng the which is clepyd Mayster of the Game.= Ms.
Cotton. Vesp. B. +xii.+ =Mayster of Game.= Ms. Harl. 5086. The author’s
copy is a transcript of the Cottonian text, corrected by collation with
the Harleian.
[Sidenote: +xi.+ Juliana Berners, or Julyans Barnes.]
The Boke of St. Albans. The first and second editions (1486 and 1496.)
being exceedingly rare, the author is satisfied to quote from Mr.
Haslewood’s elegant reprint of Wynkyn de Worde’s edition of the latter
date. London, +mdcccx.+
Hawking, Hunting, and Fishing, with the True Measures of Blowing. _At
London, printed by Edward Allde, 1586._
[Sidenote: +xii.+ Hercules Stroza.]
Cæsaris Borgiæ Ducis Epicedium, per Herculem Strozam ad divam Lucretiam
Borgiam Ferrariæ Ducem. Francoforti, +mdlxxxii.+
[Sidenote: +xiii.+ Adrianus.]
Adriani Cardinalis S. Chrysogoni ad Ascanium Cardinalem S. Viti,
Vicecancellarium Venatio. _Aldus_, +mdxxxiiii.+ (Poetæ tres egregii
anteà citati). Francoforti, +mdlxxxii.+
[Sidenote: +xiv.+ Lonicerus.]
Venatus et Aucupium Iconibus artificiosiss. ad vivum expressa,
et succinctis versibus illustrata per Joan. Adam. Lonicerum,
Francfortanum. Francoforti, +mdlxxxii.+
[Sidenote: +xv.+ Stradanus, Gallæus, et Dufflæus.]
Venatus et Aucupia Johan. Stradensis et Philip. Galle. 1578. Venationes
Ferarum, Avium, Piscium, Pugnæ Bestiariorum; et Mutuæ Bestiarum,
depictæ à Joanne Stradano; editæ à Joanne Gallæo: carmine Illustratæ à
C. Kiliano Dufflæo.
[Sidenote: +xvi.+ Belisarius.]
* Belisarius Aquaviva de Venatione, Aucupio, &c. Nap. 1519. Basil.
1571. apud Conrad. Gesner. Histor. Quadrupedum.
[Sidenote: +xvii.+ Blondus.]
Ad Christianissimum Regem Galliæ de Canibus et Venatione Libellus.
Authore Michaele Angelo Blondo. In quo omnia ad canes spectantia,
morbi, et medicamina continentur, Prisca et Neoterica etiam exempla, à
nemine hactenùs accuratiùs scripta, insidiæ ferarum, et proprietates,
cum quibusdam venationibus nostri sæculi maximorum principum cognitu
dignissimis, Romæ, +mdxliiii.+ One of the rarest of the Cynegetica of
the 16th century. A small thin 4to of thirty-seven leaves. The passages
cited by the author are principally from Gesner’s H. Q.
[Sidenote: +xviii.+ Tardivus.]
* Gulielmus Tardivus de Accipitribus et Canibus Venaticis, apud Conrad.
Gesner. Histor. Quadrupedum. (Auctores Gallici.)
[Sidenote: +xix.+ Heresbachius.]
Conrad. Heresbachii Rei Rusticæ L. +iv.+ item de Venatione, Aucupio, et
Piscatione Compendium, in usum Heroum et Patrumfamilias ruri agentium
concinnatum. The latter part is noticed in the preface to Arrian’s
Cynegeticus under the name of Compendium Thereuticæ Universæ, a title
given it by Rittershusius in his Oppianic _Prolegomena_. The author’s
quotations are principally from Conrad Gesner’s Historia Quadrupedum;
but since the prefatory remarks have been sent to press, he has
examined a copy of the original (Spiræ Nemetum +CIↃ.IↃ.XCIV+). As an
Epitome of Xenophon and Oppian, the appendix has merit—containing brief
notices of many varieties of ancient and modern hounds, their style of
hunting, quarry, &c. Part of the third book De Re Rusticâ treats of
dogs connected with rural economy, the Œcurus, Villaticus, &c.
[Sidenote: +xx.+ Fracastorius.]
Hier. Fracastorii Alcon, sive de Cura Canum Venaticorum. Venet. +mdlv.+
Fracastor’s poem is appended to the Poetæ Venatici of Johnson. Lond.
+mdcxcix.+ and of _Kempher. Lugd. Bat._ +mdccxxviii.+
[Sidenote: +xxi.+ Lotichius.]
Petri Lotichii Secundi Eclogæ. The author’s citations are from the
Poemata Omnia Petri Lotichii Secundi à P. Burmanno Secundo. Amstel.
+mdccliv.+
[Sidenote: +xxii.+ Natalis Comes.]
Natalis Comitum Veneti de Venatione, Libri +iiii.+ _Ald. Fil. Venet._
+mdli.+ also attached to his Mythologiæ Libri Decem. Lugduni. +mdcv.+
[Sidenote: +xxiii.+ Bargæus.]
Petri Angelii Bargæi Cynegeticon. Poemata Omnia, &c. Florent. apud
Juntas, +mdlxviii.+ The poem De Aucupio is also cited in a separate
form apud Juntas, +mdlxvi.+
[Sidenote: +xxiv.+ Darcius.]
Joannis Darcii Venusini Canes. Paris, +mdxliii.+ _Francofort._
+mdlxxxii.+
[Sidenote: +xxv.+ Caius.]
Joannis Caii Britanni De Canibus Britannicis Liber Unus. _Londini_,
+mdlxx.+ This Libellus is also annexed to Johnson’s Edition of Gratius
and Nemesian, and to Kempher’s Poetæ Venatici, Holinshed’s Account of
British Dogs is a translation from Caius’s work.
[Sidenote: +xxvi.+ Jaques Du Fouilloux.]
La Vénerie de Jaques Du Fouilloux, &c. Paris, +mdlxxxv.+ +mdcxiiii.+
The author’s references are to the latter edition, wherein are
contained Adjonctions à la Vénerie de Jacques Du Fouilloux. La Chasse
du Loup (by Jean de Clamorgan): La Chasse du Connin: and an additional
Essay on Cyniatrics, entitled Autres Remèdes pour guarir les Chiens
Malades de Diverses Maladies, &c.
The Compendium of Hunting in La Maison Rustique is epitomised,
according to Christopher Wase, from Fouilloux’s Treatise.
[Sidenote: +xxvii.+ Tubervile, Gascoigne, Burke.]
The Noble Art of Venerie or Hunting, &c. London, 1575. 1611. The
authorship of this version of Fouilloux is much disputed:—by some
it is given to Turbervile, the undoubted translator of the Booke of
Falconrie; by others to Gascoigne; and by a third party to C. Burke.
The citations are from the edition of 1611, and generally under the
name of the first-mentioned author.
[Sidenote: +xxviii.+ Cockaine.]
* A Short Treatise of Hunting, compyled for the delyght of Noblemen and
Gentlemen, by Sir Thomas Cockaine, Knight. London, 1591. The writer
has never seen the rare tract of this “professed hunter, and not a
schollar.”
[Sidenote: +xxix.+ Markham and others.]
The Gentleman’s Academie; or, The Booke of St. Albans, &c. by G. M.
London, 1595.
Maison Rustique; or, The Countrie Farme, &c. translated into English by
Richard Surflet. London, 1600.
The Countrey Farme, &c. (as the last,) by Gervase Markham. London, 1616.
A Jewell for Gentrie, &c. London, 1614.
Countrey Contentments; or, The Husbandman’s Recreations, &c. by G. M.
London, 1633.
[Sidenote: +xxx.+ Micyllus.]
* Jacobi Micylli Κυνολόγιον. A Latin poem mentioned by Paullini in his
Cynographia Curiosa: where also occur * Angelinus Gazæus, * Ronsæus,
and others; the Venatio Medica of the latter being rather above the
ordinary stamp of the muse of Æsculapius.
[Sidenote: +xxxi.+ Isachius.]
De Venatione Tractatus, in quo de Piscatione, Aucupio, Sylvestriumque
insectatione agitur. Auctore Alfonso Isachio. Regii, 1625. A very
ridiculous treatise on Piscatorial Licences, &c. of some rarity, but of
no value to practical or literary sportsmen. It has been re-published,
with other Cynegetical tracts of like description, by Fritsch.
[Sidenote: +xxxii.+ Savary.]
Album Dianæ Leporicidæ, sive Venationis Leporinæ Leges. Auctore Jac.
Savary, Cadomæo. Cadomi, +mdclv.+ To some editions of this poem is
annexed Venatio Vulpina et Melina of the same author; but the writer’s
copy has it not.
Venationis Cervinæ, Capreolinæ, Aprugnæ, et Lupinæ Leges. Autore Jac.
Savary Cadomensi. Cadomi, +mdclix.+
[Sidenote: +xxxiii.+ Vanierius.]
Jacobi Vanierii, &c. Prædium Rusticum. Tolosæ, +mdccxxx.+ +mdccxlii.+
The author’s citations are from the latter edition.
The Gentleman’s Recreation: in four parts. London, 1706.
[Sidenote: +xxxiv.+ Blome.]
The Gentleman’s Recreations: in three parts. By R. Blome. London, 1710.
[Sidenote: +xxxv.+ Somerville.]
The Chace. A poem by William Somerville, Esq.
To this list might be added the French Cynegetica of Gauchet, Pomey,
Passerat, De Salnove, De Serey, Du Sable, Gaffet, De la Conterie,
D’Yauville, and others; the Encyclopédie Méthodique, Dictionnaire
de toutes les espèces de Chasses; and the Italian Cynegetica of
Scandianese, Valvasone, Raimondi, Poggesi, Gatti, and others; to some
of which the author is beholden for a few remarks. The catalogue might
be amplified, too, by incorporating the numerous tracts on the laws
of the Chase collected by Fritsch and Manwood; the notices of early
British and Anglo-Saxon hunting gathered by Pegge, in the Archæologia;
by Strutt, in his Sports and Pastimes; and by Turner, in his History
of the Anglo-Saxons; and though last, not least valuable, whether we
regard the novelty of such a summary, or the elegance and classic
taste of its execution, the article on Hunting by Mr. Smedley, in the
Encyclopædia Metropolitana.
Connected with the subject of Venation, the following works on Natural
History are referred to, descriptive of the external characters and
habits of ferine animals, and their quadrupedal pursuers:
[Sidenote: Aristoteles.]